Iraj Etesam

Iraj Etesam (; 21 January 1931 – 19 December 2022)

Biography

Early life and education Iraj Etesam, was born on 21 January 1931 in Gorgan, Iran. He held a PhD in Architecture from the University of Florence in 1960.

Memberships Etesam was a member of the board of trustees at the Architectural Association of Iranian Architects.

Etesam was a member of the Tehran Building Engineering Organization; the International Federation for Housing and Planning in The Hague, Netherlands; the International Association of Housing Sciences in Miami, Florida; the International community of Aktis-Ticks in Athens, Greece; International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) in Berkeley, California; and the Association of Architects and the American Association of Students.

Teaching experience Etesam had teaching roles which have included associate professor at the National University of Tehran (now known as Shahid Beheshti University, 1960–1964); associate professor at the University of Tehran (1961–1967); the head of the technical office of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran (1963–1968). He was a visiting professor at the University of Washington (1972, 1981–1985), in Seattle; a researcher at the Center for Urban Studies at the University of California, Berkeley (1978–1979), and a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (2000–2001).

Architectural projects Project management and design: Shah Cheragh complex, Shiraz, Iran Campus of Sistan University and Baluchestan University, Iran Mahallat Tourism Complex, Sarein Ardebil, Lahijan, Iran Caspian Sea Coastal and Regional Planning, Iran Master Plan of Shiraz, Kazeroon, Zanjan, Sari, Gorgan in Iran Prototype of the Saint-Tropez complex, Saint-Tropez, France Hajjis construction complex in Madinah, Mumbai, Saudi Arabia Reconstruction of the permanent representation of Iran at the United Nations – New York And more than a dozen residential and office complexes.

Collected works The translation of the book of the Eagle of the Two Heads, from the Past to the Future of the Human Settlement by Constantine Daxpadis, Mullin Jam Publication 1998 The translation of the book of Islamic architecture, form, function and meaning of the work of Robert Hillenbrand, Procurement Publication and Urban Planning of Tehran Municipality 1998

Multiple articles in domestic and foreign specialised journals.